LAKEWOOD, Ohio – Lakewood officials schedule a meeting to discuss Madison Avenue improvements, and Lakewood schools hire a human resources director. These are two items in today's community news.

Madison Avenue improvements: The city's planning and development department will hold an Aug. 19 meeting to update the public on plans for a $4.9 million resurfacing and traffic signalization project planned for Madison Avenue beginning in September.

The meeting will be held at Harding Middle School, 16601 Madison Ave., at 7 p.m.

Resurfacing will begin on the west end of Madison and work east along the 2.6 miles. The project will take 18 months to complete.

The city also has set aside $300,000 to assist property owners through the city's storefront renovation Program. The money is to help business and property owners improve the appearance of the outside of their buildings.

In conjunction with the resurfacing project, traffic signals along Madison will be replaced and coordinated to improve traffic flow.

Cahoon replaces Bill Wagner, who left the district Aug. 1 to become interim superintendent of Fairview Park City Schools.

Cahoon previously worked for the district as director of student services, and then as director of human resources from 2005-2012. She retired in May 2012. Cahoon was awarded a one-year contract for a little more than $114,000.

School employees raise donations for charity: Nine employees of the Lakewood city schools participated Aug. 2 in the "Pedal to the Point" fundraiser for Multiple Sclerosis. On August 2, nine members of the Lakewood City Schools rode in the annual "Pedal to the Point" bike ride for the Multiple Sclerosis Society. They raised nearly $3,700 for research and support.

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